I’m starting to really believe that @basement_shaman isn’t human with a routine like that.
@Harlequin ya I think it is really tough rotation and too much Nicotine, but if he enjoys it so be it,
@Roderick Actually I stopped smoking without anything maybe more than 13 months ago and I had a big tolerance to Nicotine, I smoked Cigars and pipes too… and maybe 4 or 5 months ago I discovered this beautiful and curious world of nasal snuff and I made my first order from Toque site with 7 flavors X 25 g tins plus 3 nasal bullets and I began to work my technique up, but the problem is until now I can not know when exactly or even roughly the nicotine is delivered from your Toque snuff because I think every snuff is different in that matter and as I have this big tolerance so I never feel any buzz even from Toque Quit so I cannot know the average Nicotine delivery time, hence I don’t know when to stop pinching!
I really don’t get buzzed from snuff. As I indicated, the times I took too much I broke out in a sweat.
To me it’s not like the first time you smoke a cigarette, or when you smoke one after a long break. Those are the times nicotine gave me a buzz. But that feeling was fleeting and seldom repeated.
I have seen studies that indicated the release of nicotine in snuff was comparable to that of cigarettes, but the study didn’t actually study snuff. Based on that I think the nicotine is completely released in 15 minutes. Your statisfaction may last longer than that though.
@Kougy - a couple of questions for my curiosity…and I will give you the answers that apply to me.
Are you currently addicted to nicotine? (I am)
If you are addicted does snuff satisfy you? (yes, totally. I still use snus on occasion but that is primarily when I can’t snuff or late in the evening)
@Slide I was a cigarette smoker for 15 years ( 2 packs+ daily) and I stopped smoking without any substitution about 14 months ago, so I am not addicted to Nicotine but I have great tolerance to it though and I loved the idea of snuff pretty much when I knew about it. Now after I began to snuff about maybe more than 4 months I can not say I felt this so called Nicotine Buzz even one time but I feel good all day snuffing and I care more now about the quality of snuff and the aroma and I put this discussion just to know the right time I must stop or take a break so I prevent myself from an overdose.
@kougy I understand. Tolerance is such an individual thing that one man’s overdose is another s pleasure I think.
When I felt bad from snuff it was probably after sampling a new order and taking in a gram or more in 45 minutes or so. Just a guess though. From that experience I do know what is too much for me…the rest has been fine tuning 
@Slide I think a gram of snuff in 45 minutes is sure an over dose specially if it’s a fine grind kinda snuff… you learn your lesson the hard way keep on snuffing though
Normally I go through a quarter gram to 4/10 of a gram per hour with no problem. So I know a gram an hour = problem. 4/10 or so no problem
But for others a gram in 45 minutes hitting me hard would label me as a lightweight.
That was early in my snuffing experience. However, I have lowered my overall nicotine intake with snuff by limiting my snus consumption.
A gram in 45 minutes is not an overdose. Firstly, anyone with a serious snuff habit will do that amount with ease, secondly there are no LD50’s with snuff, no RDA = no overdose.
It is very common for people to start using snuff and assume it is taken by the grain. That’s because when we start we take months to empty a 5g tin. Taking pea sized, regular pinches you end up taking far more than a new user can imagine.
@Snuffster Ok I can see that but is a gram of Shmalzler like a gram of Dholakia White for example ??
@Snuffster Ok I can see that but is a gram of Shmalzler like a gram of Dholakia White for example ??
lol which weighs more a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks argument…
@transistor It seems you did not understand what I meant by comparing a gram of Shmalzler with a gram of Dholakia White
A gramme of dw will contain far more nicotine than the same weight of schmaltzer
@Eraserhead78 Indeed that’s what I meant by my comparing this two different grinds and nicotine contents.
I think you may be overthinking this snuffing activity. No offence meant. Take it until you don’t want anymore Then take some more!!! If you take enough to feel ill, don’t take that much next time.
My example was a guess on what transpired 9 or 10 months ago. (Although I am a lightweight standing in the shadows of snuffing giants )
As snuffster said you aren’t going to OD on it. Most of the information I read says it would take 60 mg of nicotine to be fatal. That would be in one dose. And that my friend would be one hell of a pinch.
Tolerance is such an individual thing whether it is snuff, alchohol, food…
I have not found any studies that detail the rate of release of snuff. The one study I read leads me to believe the nicotine is absorbed within 15 minutes or so. But that understanding could be a misunderstanding of what they were saying
@Slide Thanks for the explanation and I agree with you that OD from snuff is not easy to be done unlike cigarettes and I snuff until I go to bed then I wake up and snuff again, I really like it and wished I knew about it long ago but late better than never, enjoy snuffing
I agree about over thinking this. It’s natural to learn about a new hobby/tobacco but the answers you want can only really be found in your own experience. Get as wide a bunch of snuffs as you can and experiment and note how it effects you. So much of using snuff is down to personal perceptions and these are skewed because taking snuff as a seasoned user is very different to taking it as a beginner. Most beginners will not get the full nicotine potential because they take small pinches, that will also affect the flavour you get from it, add to this all of the variables around the different types and you end up in a situation where it’s next to impossible to give hard and cold facts about the experience of taking snuff.
Don’t misunderstand this, we have no problem answering questions because we were all beginners at some point, but it might be the time to start doing some snuffing now.
@Slide here is a study done for you to see.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1507093/pdf/bmjcred00678-0014.pdf
@Snuffster Thanks and I am already snuffing my way up
@Juxtaposer Thanks a lot, I am reading it right now.